The villages of Sumer depended on each other by

cooperating with each other; keep the water systems working.

How did the Akkadians get the resources to build up their capital city?

collected tribute from conquered people

The environment of Sumer was

low and flat, with little rain.

writing that uses wedge-shaped characters

A society has a stable food supply if

it has enough food for all its people.

A social structure is

the way a civilization is organized.

Sumerian communities were called city-states because

each of them had its own ruler and farmland.

What features did the Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian empires have that Sumer lacked?

One government ruled several groups.

What was a problem that was caused by Sumerian city-states' independence from each other?

They could not defend themselves against stronger groups.

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1
The villages of Sumer depended on each other by
fighting off attacks from eastern empires.
forming caravans to safely visit the mountains.
exchanging different natural resources.
cooperating with each other; keep the water systems working.
2
Which leader came first?
Cyrus
Hammurabi
Sargon
Nebuchadnezzar
3
How do we know that the Sumerians were not prehistoric?
city walls
ziggurats
stone statues
written records
4
Who lived in a two-story house near the center of a city?
a merchant
a fisherman
a government official
a skilled metal worker
5
Sumer built strong walls with
mud bricks.
sticks.
hay.
bubble gum.
6
How did the Akkadians gain power over Sumer?
Halloween Candy
military strategy
economic wealth
religious teachings
7
Who lead the army, enforced laws, and had temples built?
Mr. Valentine
the king
the scribes
the priests
8
What invention most affected the food supply in Sumer?
wheel
arch
plow
chariot
9
How did the Akkadians get the resources to build up their capital city?
collected tribute from conquered people
expanded irrigation to grow bigger crops
printed paper money to buy what they needed
minded precious stones from the mountains
10
What was the capital of the Assyrian Empire?
Babylon
Nineveh
Ur
Agad
11
What did Sumerians use to produce cuneiform?
a feather from a large bird
wedge-shaped stylus
poles pulled by oxen
a #2 pencil
12
Records of the goods people exchanged were made on
a net woven from reeds.
metal coins.
clay tablets.
notebook paper.
13
What Sumerian belief about the king strengthened the social order?
He consulted with wise advisers.
He was supported by the gods.
He wanted everyone to be happy.
He cared about the poor.
14
Hammurabi was best known for
a code of laws
a style of battle
a hanging garden
a system of canals
15
The Ziggurat was closely related to
writing
government
food
religion
16
A person who writes is a
Singer
Barber
Scribe
Warrior
17
Mesopotamia means
land between two waterfalls.
land between two roads.
land between two rivers.
land between two stores.
18
Who conquered the land of the Israelites and took many Israelites to Babylon as captives?
Nebuchadnezzar
Marduk
Sargon
Hammurabi
19
People in the Zagros foothills fixed the food shortage problem by
constructing reservoirs
moving south
building terraces
joining villages together
20
Dams and reservoirs were used
to store water for later use.
to allow travel by boat.
to make it easier to fish.
to protect villages from attacks.
21
The environment of Sumer was
low and flat, with little rain.
high and cold, with sharp mountain peaks.
hilly and dry, with many stones.
thickly forested, with heavy storms.
22
An ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with an outside staircase and shrine at the top.
ziggurat
water slide
pyramid
bell tower
23
Cuneiform
the way a civilization is organized
a military blockade
wealth sent from one country or ruler to another
writing that uses wedge-shaped characters
24
Hammurabi was the FIRST to establish a Code of Laws...
False
True
25
A society has a stable food supply if
it gives food to the king.
it gets food by hunting and fishing.
it buys food from other groups.
it has enough food for all its people.
26
How do we know Sumerians did not live in the stone age?
wooded plows
brick houses
copper jewelry
painted pottery
27
Why was the levee built in ancient Sumer?
to irrigate crops
to prevent floods
to control workers
to load barges
28
Silt was a problem for the people of Sumer because
It crumbled the city walls.
It clogged irrigation canals.
it dried up the rivers.
It ruined soil for planting.
29
A social structure is
the way a civilization is organized.
how many taxes a king collects from slaves.
the way scribes record social events.
how the government treats the lower classes.
30
_________________ caused food shortages in the foothills.
Fighting between the villages
Overuse of soil
Increase in population
Change in the climate
31
Scribes were important because
they taught the royal children.
the entertained the rulers.
they collected taxes.
they wrote down the laws.
32
Sumerian communities were called city-states because
they were part of one great empire.
each of them kept written records.
they all depended on each other for water.
each of them had its own ruler and farmland.
33
The people of Sumer constructed moats to
protect cities from attacks.
bring drinking water into towns.
get crops to grow better.
make villages work together.
34
Who lived in small mud-brick houses at the edge of the city?
traders
slaves
potters
farmers
35
Where were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon planted?
along the irrigation canal
None of these
high on the the royal palace
in the Tigris River Marshes
36
What features did the Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian empires have that Sumer lacked?
Public works such as irrigation systems were organized.
One government ruled several groups.
Rulers claimed to get their power from the gods.
Many beautiful works of art were produced.
37
What was a problem that was caused by Sumerian city-states' independence from each other?
They did not cooperate to build irrigation systems.
They had very few natural resources.
They were unable to trade crops with each other.
They could not defend themselves against stronger groups.
38
A problem faced by all four empires was
trading with other empires
choosing strong leaders
keeping track of their history
controlling such a large area

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